Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind

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'More!', and muscle tone (alias 'stuffing') which men have 35% more of than women. The 80/20 of how much of your attention should ideally be where, and the biggest task that probably faces you in learning. Being a rider who wants to be picked up vs. being a 'sack of potatoes'.

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 On noseblowing, spacehoppers (hippity-hops), and forces that act either from the back to the front or from the front to the back. The physics of 'an independent seat', and how stability, not relaxation, is the key to skilled riding. 

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What does waterskiing have to do with riding? Much more than it ought to! How Mary stopped that horse from jogging but took many months to work out how she was doing it. Multifinality, equifinality, and the 'how to' of accessing your core, and 'leading the dance' that you share with your horse. 

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 Mary's background story, from begging for riding lessons as a child, to riding schools and riding whilst at university studying Physics. The 'blinding flash of light' moment that led to becoming a full-time professional instructor, and ultimately to giving up riding in despair. It was the act of giving up, coupled with returning to riding and schooling a horse who jogged a lot, that sparked the beginning of the 40-year Ride With Your Mind empirical research project. If you want to know 'how to get to Paris' (with Paris as a metaphor for your ideal) listen to this webinar!